Joseph Pichler

Brennan Newton, the endearing St. Bernard featured in Beethoven's Third and Fourth, is the character for which Joseph Pichler is most known. When his family decided he should go back to Washington to finish his education, he had been acting since he was about 9 years old and had made appearances in a number of other films and television programs.

Police claim that Pichler, 18, left a suicide note behind when he vanished in 2006; even though no body was discovered, they plainly came to that conclusion. The Pichler family disagrees, though. The writing that the police allegedly discovered was simply that—writing. They think it was just creative writing like poetry. But according to the letter he left in his car, which police discovered close to a body of water, he intended to give his brother his possessions.

Born: February 14, 1987Bremerton, Washington, U.S.
Disappeared: January 5, 2006 (aged 18)Bremerton, Washington, U.S.